What is Cute - Page 3

glatt · 07-26-2006, 03:03 PM

He's a cute kid, alright.

Kitsune · 07-26-2006, 03:11 PM

I've got absolutely nothing against minifob (or most other infants for that matter), but I await my sound beating in my declaration: until they reach a certain age, babies are most certainly not cute. Newborns, especially, are only considered cute by the parents that produce them -- the creatures are alien looking in their wrinkly, smooshed-up faces, deformed skulls, and blank stare. Until their age defines them as "children", the actions of babies alone often negate any cute properties they might have gentically aquired: the chubby little face, fatty arms/legs, and oversized eyes cannot compete with the basic function of turning food into drool, poo, vomit, and screaming.

glatt · 07-26-2006, 03:20 PM

That's the beauty of still photography for recording moments in time like this.

Undertoad · 07-26-2006, 03:24 PM

glatt · 07-26-2006, 03:28 PM

He're a cute pic of my daughter. A fairly typical pose at that age. Notice the adorable drool on her chin. So much, she wore a bib between meals. And the lovely cry. You can't hear it, but trust me, it was lovely. And you can't smell her sweet aroma, but I think I know why she was crying.

Kitsune · 07-26-2006, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

A fairly typical pose at that age.

That pose is usually followed with by the phrase, "here, you take her", and the diaper crinkle sound as the infant is forced into the arms of unsuspecting victim. The problem is that it is impossible to deny the offer to hold a baby.

wolf · 07-27-2006, 02:52 AM

Actually it is possible. I have become quite practiced at feigning ineptitude when presented with someone else's offspring.

"No, I'm not allowed to hold one of those."

"I have been exposed to several very frightening infectious diseases this week at work, and my test results aren't back yet."

Holding the wriggly creature at arm's length, under the armpits, making sure that it's arms are pointing roughly upward, but a different angles, also guarantees parental rescuing.

Stormieweather · 07-27-2006, 10:20 AM

It seems to work in reverse for me. Perfect strangers or people I barely know come up to me and, if they're polite, ask to pick up or hold the baby, and if not, they simply try to take them. They put their fingers all over my baby's hands (which go in their mouths), tickle them, tousle their carefully arranged hair, and often either try to stuff their pacifier/bottle IN their mouth or yank it OUT (depending on the pacifier's location). I've had to work on a response to retrieve my baby back from them and still maintain my civility.

Stormie

LabRat · 07-27-2006, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Kitsune

Newborns, especially, are only considered cute by the parents that produce them -- the creatures are alien looking in their wrinkly, smooshed-up faces, deformed skulls, and blank stare.

I must say that I thought my newborn daughter was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. I was so in love with every mm of her. Her nose, lips, even eyebrows were perfect. Her skin, red hair, finger and toenails, magnificent. Then, a few years later, when I was going thru pictures putting them in some semblance of order in an album, I realized that she was just as ugly as every other newborn out there.

Those hormones are powerful things!!

Of course, now she really is the most beautiful child ever.

Shawnee123 · 07-27-2006, 11:13 AM

A dingo ate your baby.

Couldn't resist!

LabRat · 07-27-2006, 11:52 AM

Shawnee123 · 07-27-2006, 12:03 PM

Just something from a Seinfeld ep. It's an illness of mine!

Nothing against you! Best wishes to you and your beautiful baby.

07-26-2006, 03:28 PM	#35
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	He're a cute pic of my daughter. A fairly typical pose at that age. Notice the adorable drool on her chin. So much, she wore a bib between meals. And the lovely cry. You can't hear it, but trust me, it was lovely. And you can't smell her sweet aroma, but I think I know why she was crying. Attached Images Last edited by glatt; 07-26-2006 at 03:32 PM.

07-27-2006, 02:52 AM	#37
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Actually it is possible. I have become quite practiced at feigning ineptitude when presented with someone else's offspring. "No, I'm not allowed to hold one of those." "I have been exposed to several very frightening infectious diseases this week at work, and my test results aren't back yet." Holding the wriggly creature at arm's length, under the armpits, making sure that it's arms are pointing roughly upward, but a different angles, also guarantees parental rescuing. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-27-2006, 10:20 AM	#38
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	It seems to work in reverse for me. Perfect strangers or people I barely know come up to me and, if they're polite, ask to pick up or hold the baby, and if not, they simply try to take them. They put their fingers all over my baby's hands (which go in their mouths), tickle them, tousle their carefully arranged hair, and often either try to stuff their pacifier/bottle IN their mouth or yank it OUT (depending on the pacifier's location). I've had to work on a response to retrieve my baby back from them and still maintain my civility. Stormie __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

07-27-2006, 11:52 AM	#41
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	__________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

07-27-2006, 12:03 PM	#42
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Just something from a Seinfeld ep. It's an illness of mine! Nothing against you! Best wishes to you and your beautiful baby. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-26-2006, 03:03 PM	#31
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	He's a cute kid, alright.

07-26-2006, 03:11 PM	#32
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	I've got absolutely nothing against minifob (or most other infants for that matter), but I await my sound beating in my declaration: until they reach a certain age, babies are most certainly not cute. Newborns, especially, are only considered cute by the parents that produce them -- the creatures are alien looking in their wrinkly, smooshed-up faces, deformed skulls, and blank stare. Until their age defines them as "children", the actions of babies alone often negate any cute properties they might have gentically aquired: the chubby little face, fatty arms/legs, and oversized eyes cannot compete with the basic function of turning food into drool, poo, vomit, and screaming.

07-26-2006, 03:20 PM	#33
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That's the beauty of still photography for recording moments in time like this.

07-26-2006, 03:24 PM	#34
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423

07-27-2006, 11:13 AM	#40
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	A dingo ate your baby. Couldn't resist!

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